<style>table,th,td{border:1pt solid #ccc;text-align:center;}</style>

Show:
<a href='?show=active'>active</a> -
<a href='?show=closed'>closed</a> -
<a href='?show=all'>all</a>

<table id="tickets">
 <tr>
	 <th>Name</th>
	 <th>Email</th>
	 <th>Subject</th>
	 <th>Created on</th>
	 <th style="width:65px;">Status</th>
	 <th>Actions</th>
 </tr>

<?php
	//connect to db
	mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "") or die("ERROR: No se pudo conectar con el servidor.");
	mysql_select_db("tickets") or die("ERROR: No se pudo seleccionar la base de datos.");

	//This function will be called later after display the data
	//This returns links like: |First|Prev|Current/Total|Next|Last
	function pagination($currentPage, $totalPages){
		//to maintain other get data
		$self = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
		//define previous and next
		$prev = ($currentPage > 1) ? $currentPage - 1 : false;
		$next = ($currentPage < $totalPages) ? $currentPage + 1 : false;
		//here we'll save the resulting code
		$pagination = '';
		//first
		$pagination .= ($currentPage == 1) ? "First " : "<a href='$self?page=1'>First</a> ";
		//previous
		$pagination .= $prev ? "<a href='$self?page=$prev'>Previous</a> " : "Previous ";
		//current/total
		$pagination .= "Page $currentPage of $totalPages ";
		//next
		$pagination .= $next ? "<a href='$self?page=$next'>Next</a> " : "Next ";
		//last
		$pagination .= ($currentPage == $totalPages) ? "Last " : "<a href='$self?page=$totalPages'>Last</a> ";

		return $pagination;
	}

	//define how many tickets per page
	$ticketsPerPage = 10;

	//QUERY: active or not
	$show = isset($_GET['show']) ? $_GET['show'] : "";
	if($show == "active") $condition = "WHERE is_active='1'";
	elseif($show == "closed") $condition = "WHERE is_active='2'";
	else $condition = "";

	//get total of tickets on database
	$totalQuery = "SELECT count(*) FROM tickets $condition";
	$result = mysql_query($totalQuery);
	$queryData = mysql_fetch_row($result);
	$totalTickets = $queryData[0];

	//define total pages
	$totalPages = ceil($totalTickets/$ticketsPerPage);

	//get current page or define it as 1 and be sure is within range
	$currentPage = isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : 1;
	if($currentPage < 1 || $currentPage > $totalPages) $currentPage = 1;

	//QUERY: limit
	$limit = ' LIMIT ' .($currentPage - 1) * $ticketsPerPage .',' .$ticketsPerPage;

	//FINAL QUERY
	$query = "SELECT * FROM tickets $condition $limit";
	$result = mysql_query($query);

	//Display the results
	while($info = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){
		//data
        $name = $info['name'];
        $email = $info['email'];
        $subject = $info['subject'];
        $ticketid = $info['ticket'];
        $isActive = $info['is_active'];
        $created = $info['created'];
		//status
		if($isActive == "1") $status = "active";
		else if($isActive == "2") $status = "closed";
		else $status = "";
		echo  "<tr>"
			."<td>$name</td>"
			."<td>$email</td>"
			."<td>$subject</td>"
			."<td>$created</td>"
			."<td>$status</td>"
			."<td></td>"
			."</tr>";
	}
	echo "</table>";

	//Finally call pagination
	echo pagination($currentPage, $totalPages);

?>